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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the SS do with Mala after her short stay at the hospital?

2. What does Sara say she did not know how to handle in Chapter 39?

3. What style does Sara use to tell her story according to the Editor?

4. What does Sara say sirens sounding meant in Chapter 26?

5. Where does Sara say Mala was from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sara do on April 30 1945 when the SS decided to evacuate them?

2. What happened on January 18, 1945?

3. Who was Hans and what did the resistance arrange for him?

4. What threat did Sara say the Russians used against the Germans in Chapter 31?

5. What did the editor say the Holocaust witnesses had trouble with?

6. Where did the Auschwitz prisoners go to after the march?

7. What gave Sara and other infirmary workers a sense of hope as 1944 came to an end?

8. What were concentration camp prisoners denied based on the afterword?

9. What did the Holocaust raise according to the editor?

10. What did the leaflets dropped in Chapter 38 say?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the focus on the differences between Jewish prisoners who were from different countries and examine why they had the differing views and why they disliked each other. Use the text and outside sources to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

In January 1945, those imprisoned at Auschwitz were forced on a death march to Ravensbruck, a concentration camp located in Eastern Germany. Those who could not keep up or were ill were shot. Examine the significance and purpose of the death march, using the text and secondary sources to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Mengele singled out a family of midgets, including the children and spouses who had been circus actors in Budapest. Students should examine why Mengele singled them out and also discuss the standards of those who fit into being created "in God's image." Students should use the text and secondary sources to support their discussion.

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